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I combine a calm, direct, and practical style with trauma-informed strategies to help you navigate overwhelming moments, manage di...
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I combine a calm, direct, and practical style with trauma-informed strategies to help you navigate overwhelming moments, manage difficult emotions, and regain your footing when you feel stuck.
I am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with over five years of experience in crisis, community, substance use, and correctional mental health settings. Using trauma-informed and DBT-informed approaches, I provide a calm, direct, and practical therapeutic environment. I am dedicated to helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, trauma-related stress, anger, relationship concerns, life transitions, substance use, and feeling stuck. My goal is to offer a steady, non-judgmental space where clients can build concrete coping skills and regain their footing.
By integrating CBT, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques, I help clients identify negative patterns, process difficult emotions, and take actionable steps forward. I collaborate closely with each individual to help them leave sessions equipped with practical tools for daily life.
Taking the first step takes courage, especially when you are used to carrying things on your own. I am committed to walking alongside clients through difficult seasons, providing an encouraging and supportive environment for growth. If you are ready to find relief and start moving forward, schedule an appointment today.
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As one who has experienced personal trauma and loss, I have an authentic understanding of how we are impacted by painful life circ...
As one who has experienced personal trauma and loss, I have an authentic understanding of how we are impacted by painful life circumstances and how building of new life skills can empower us once again.
Caroline Carlson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of North Carolina and Florida with over 9 years of experience. She is passionate about navigating adults, senior adults, and older adolescents through the challenges of anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and distress. Caroline's goal is to facilitate self-discovery of answers from within each client so they become equipped and empowered to move through the struggle to a renewed sense of peace and purpose.
Caroline specializes in providing counseling to individuals who provide care for loved ones with serious medical conditions, including Dementia. Being a full time caregiver on top of an already stress-filled life can feel overwhelming and disempowering. Caroline will work with you on important Self-Care priorities to help you to feel peace again in the midst of this most distressful of life circumstances. Caroline also works with Senior Adults experiencing anxiety and depression related to the difficult life changes that come with the aging process. Through gently connecting with her Senior clients, she provides new insights and assists them in developing important coping skills that lead to better quality of life.
Caroline completed her Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) at Barry University in Miami. As a result of her professional experiences in the hospital, hospice, assisted living, and private therapy settings, Caroline brings a trauma-informed and compassionate approach to her work with clients. She utilizes multiple treatment modalities including mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), person-centered (PCT), and solutions-focused therapy (SFT).
Caroline believes in immediately establishing a comfortable trust with her clients to allow for genuine understanding. She believes that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness, and is the open door through which we discover the healing answers that lie within. Caroline looks forward to partnering with you and offers herself to walk alongside you through your journey to a new life of wholeness.
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My go-to approach for helping people in dialectical behavioral therapy is to introduce them to workings of their own mind, explain the mechanics of heightened emotional responses, and help them have compassion for themselves. When my clients find space for self-empathy, then they can also find a place to begin feeling better in a whole new way.
I teach the four modules in DBT, including mindfulness skills, distress tolerance skills, emotional regulation skills, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. Some of my favorite tools are TIPP skills, Giving Hands, DEAR MAN, GIVE FAST, and chain analysis.
I know my client is making meaningful progress when they report to me that they are applying their skills and seeing a reduction in their feelings of anxiety or depression when they use their skills.
Clients can supplement their time in DBT therapy by seeking an opportunity each day to be mindful and non-judmental of their own thoughts and feelings. It only has to be 5 minutes a day to begin to see change.
To prepare for their first DBT session, someone can take three deep breaths. DBT is not scary. DBT is a chance to learn, in a simple and effective way, how to feel better in almost every situation you find yourself in.
At Thriveworks, Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) primarily concentrates on assisting individuals in emotion regulation, enhancing interpersonal relationships, and acquiring effective coping strategies for managing stress and emotional difficulties.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) targets your personal challenges. You may work with your DBT therapist to maintain diary cards to monitor progress, emphasizing validation and support in the therapeutic relationship. DBT follows a stage-based approach, prioritizing crisis reduction initially and life satisfaction.
DBT was initially developed to address the needs of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, its versatile approach has enabled its application to a wide range of mental health conditions, including but not limited to, anxiety, depression, stress, and anger issues.
The 4 pillars of DBT are mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) have distinct purposes and aren’t inherently superior or inferior to one another. DBT is most effective for managing emotional regulation, personality disorders, and interpersonal challenges, while EMDR is specifically tailored for individuals with trauma-related conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with therapists at Thriveworks in Boca Raton, FL is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The duration of a standard DBT program is typically around 24 weeks, which is roughly six months. The actual number of sessions will vary depending on the issues you wish to address.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Boca Raton is located in the Atrium at Broken Sound near North Federal Highway and Bailey Street,. It is close to the Atlantic Dunes Park and near the Florida Atlantic University.
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